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The Plan to Rear Fish on the Moon
Hakai Magazine ^ | 22 Feb, 2021 | Chris Baraniuk

Posted on 02/23/2021 6:07:04 PM PST by MtnClimber

To boldly farm fish where no one has farmed fish before.

The seabass eggs, all 200 of them, were settled in their module and ready to go. The ground crew had counted the eggs carefully, checked each for an embryo, and sealed them tightly within a curved dish filled precisely to the brim with seawater.

The countdown, and then—ignition! For two full minutes, the precious eggs suffered a riotous shaking as the rocket’s engines exploded to life, followed by another eight minutes of heightened juddering as they ascended to the heavens. These embryonic fish were on their way to low Earth orbit. Next stop: the moon.

Well, they haven’t actually left yet. But after a recent simulation designed to re-create the intense shaking of a typical takeoff, researchers in France found that the eggs survived the ordeal well. It’s a crucial discovery in the progress of the Lunar Hatch, a program that aims to determine whether astronauts could successfully rear fish on a future moon base.

(Excerpt) Read more at hakaimagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: fishfarms; moon; seabass
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1 posted on 02/23/2021 6:07:04 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Raise them in the Sea of Tranquility? I need more fishing line!


2 posted on 02/23/2021 6:07:25 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Rear fish seems like an odd turn of phrase.


3 posted on 02/23/2021 6:09:02 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber
'For two full minutes, the precious eggs suffered a riotous shaking as the rocket’s engines exploded to life, followed by another eight minutes of heightened juddering as they ascended to the heavens.'

Pre-poached sea bass? LOL

4 posted on 02/23/2021 6:09:21 PM PST by Viking2002 (The revolution won't need to be televised. It'll be on your doorstep.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ll take some crater carp and some large mouth lunar bass.


5 posted on 02/23/2021 6:14:54 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MtnClimber
I would have brought Sea Monkeys instead.


6 posted on 02/23/2021 6:16:34 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: MtnClimber

To raise stronger more aggressive game fish, put them in the Ocean of Storms.


7 posted on 02/23/2021 6:17:01 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MtnClimber
Fly Me To the Moon - Miumiu Guitargirl
8 posted on 02/23/2021 6:17:07 PM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: MtnClimber

Really? So they succeed, to whom will they sell them to, and how much will they cost? Why do this? The initial cost will be stratospheric. What silliness.


9 posted on 02/23/2021 6:17:21 PM PST by Fungi
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To: BenLurkin

If you can have Rear Admirals, why not rear fish?


10 posted on 02/23/2021 6:19:03 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
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To: dragnet2
I’ll take some crater carp and some large mouth lunar bass.

I hear the biggest problem with many of the dishes is they keep coming back up on you.

11 posted on 02/23/2021 6:19:16 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fungi

It is really silly. I think having a NASCAR race on the Moon would be better.


12 posted on 02/23/2021 6:19:43 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Fungi

> Why do this? The initial cost will be stratospheric. <

I did not read the linked article. Long story, but it’s a condition of my federal parole. Anyway, this is yet another silly project. I sure hope no taxpayer dollars were involved.


13 posted on 02/23/2021 6:26:11 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: MtnClimber

The Israelis already seeded the moon with Tardigrades

https://www.timesofisrael.com/crashed-israeli-lander-may-have-seeded-moon-with-water-bears/


14 posted on 02/23/2021 6:26:32 PM PST by algore
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Does anyone have a good recipe for them?


15 posted on 02/23/2021 6:28:24 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I predict the fish won’t know which way is up in zero gravity, go crazy and die.

...or not?

I’m imagining upside down, sideways, horizontal, diagonal and upright fish swimming around...

Lol!


16 posted on 02/23/2021 6:29:18 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE (CENSORSHIP = VIOLENCE)
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Wouldn’t that be NASA-CAR?


17 posted on 02/23/2021 6:29:34 PM PST by centermass_socrates (U.S Army Air Corps 388th Heavy Bomber Group.....Thank you Grandpa for my freedom. I love you still.)
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To: MtnClimber

Raising fish on the moon? Now why didn’t I think of that?


18 posted on 02/23/2021 6:31:32 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: READINABLUESTATE

The moon is not zero gravity, it’s low gravity.


19 posted on 02/23/2021 6:32:06 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Beware the media industrial complex )
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To: algore

A better article

https://scroll.in/article/933325/humans-have-managed-to-pollute-even-the-moon-with-near-indestructible-little-creatures

and we all know where this ends up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdyyV0XQgY0


20 posted on 02/23/2021 6:33:00 PM PST by algore
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